Burial-case.



O. s. RUSSELL. BURIAL GASB.

KPFLlUATIOlT FILED DEG.23,1907.

4 Inventor. W JM Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

. To all whom it'mmy concern:

UNITED STATES r ignn'r OFFICE.

osoaa s. nUssnLL, or BATTLE CREEK, Mronrcin BURIAL-CABE Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

' Application fllegLDoeember 28, 1907. Berta! No. 407,845. I

b, of the case is slightly flaring or curved S. RUssELL, a away from the cover, as shown in Fig. 4, the citizen of the United States, residing at Batgroove thus formed when. the cover is seated tle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State forming a crevice within which thin cement, of Michigan, have invented certain new and molten sulfur, alum, lead or other material useful Improvements in Burial-Cases; and may be placed to form ahermetically-sealed I do hereby declare the following to be a full, joint. clear, and exact description thereof, such as In the constructirm of the framework I will enable others skilled in the art to which employ a series of elongated metallic hands, it a pertains to make and use the same. 1, arranged in horizontal planes and disposed his invention relates to burial cases, and parallel one above another; intersecting Be it known that I, OSCAR more particularly refers to sarcophagi hav- 1 these bands, both transversely and longiing a metallic stiffenin bond over which tudinally'upon the bottom plastic, material is mo ded into requisite wardly on the sides of the case, I employ a she e to form the finished product when set series of cross stays, 2. Where but two am hardened. cross stays are employed in the formation of, l l

and disposed up- Among other objects, Iprovidea simple, inexpensive and bracing framework over equally disposed, i. e., which the burial case is formed; another obright angles on the bottom center 0? the jeotis to so construct the framework that burial case. In Figs. 1 and 2, Ihave shown portions thereof will extend or )rotrude from in connection with the cross-stays, a bridgethe superstructure to form eyelets forlowerwork consisting of brace sta s, 3. These ing ropes or straps; another object is to so brace stays, both at the end and at the construct the cover thereof with lifting hansides of the burial case are formed of wire dles in such manner that the same can be i strips looped or wound at their ends about the bottom band, 1, the central portion readily handled in raising and lowering the same into the grave, and whereby the hantrending upwardly and engaging the upper .bands at their junction with .the central dies can be very cheaply and easily constructed, and firm in their attachment. cross-stay, 2. By preference the brace stays one across the other at Other objects and advantages will hereinare placed in parallel arrangement and so after ap ear from the following specifica- 1 dis oscd that while they all. engage the cention, an will be more particularly'pointed tra cross-stay 2, each brace-stay will engage out in the claims. 4 1 a separate band, 1, of the framework, as

In the drawings forming a part of: this i shown in Fig. 1.

s ecification, Figure 1 represents a longitu- Near either end of the burial case, I proproved burial case with the cover 1 nal view, partially in section, of my imremoved. g. 2 is an end view of the same on the line i 01-4 of Fig. 3. Fig 3 is a plan view with the cover removed. ig. 4 is a cross section on the line a;-'.v of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the cover, and illustrates the ar rangement of the stiffening bond and the handles, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal view par tially in section, in modi cation of my imroved burial case.

- Like marks of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views.

' A, represents my improved burial case; B, its cover; and C, a metallic framework over which the burial case roper is formed.

The burial case is formed with a lodge (a) within its upper edge u on hich the arched cover, B, is adapte to e se ted. The rim,

vide an endless wire loop, or strip, 4, so formed that it will encompass said case on its bottom and sides thereof-and protrude above the edges and form eyelets or .loo )8, 5, the portion of the strip along the of the case angularly meeting below the central transverse cross-stay, 2, as shown in Fig. 1. These eyelets me be independent of the bonding framework, 0, but by preference are a part thereof, and their object is to afford a means by which raising and lowerin ropes or straps may be employed to lower t 1e case within the round. B the arrangement of the eyelets eing wholly above the case, no inconvenience will be experienced either in lowering the case into the ground or removing the straps after having been lowered, as is often experienced where straps or ropes encom ass the case and are withdrawn from the si es and beneath the same.

a basket framework, I prefer that they be In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form both in. the arrangement of the brace-stays and also of the means for lorn'iing the lifting loops or eyelets. In the former instance I provide a secondary series of brace-stays, 6; the stays are arranged the reverse of the stays 3. In the latter the eyelets or loops at each end of the burial case are formed of an independent strip, 7. 'Ilresestrips are elon ated bands encompassing the case. on the bottom and sides. The curve of their extremities extending above the burial ease and forming eyelets or loops identical with. the' loo )s 5, as shown in Fig. 1. \Vithin the cover, I provide a framework consisting of a metalliocncircling band, 8 and the diagonal cross-stays, 9. These cross are locked at each end about the oornerangles of the encircling band, 8, as shown, and afford a much more rigid construction than right-angularlyarranged lattice work, and with much less material. Near either end of the cover handles, 10, are provided. These handles consist of inverted U-shaped strips of wire cable having their ends unwound or frayed and disposed laterally to the curve of the same, the free ends,.11, of the wires being wholly embedded within the structure of the cover, as shown. Handles thus made are comparatively inexpensive, are very light, thoroughly substantial, and by having their extremities formed and distributed in radiating directions through the structure of the cover, give more stability than a handle formed otherwise.

While I have shown and described a burial ease havinga framework constructed from wire, to those skilled in the art it would be evident that material other than Wire could be employed for the purpose, and I would not be understood as limiting myself to wire for the purpose, for I am aware that reticulated or expanded metal, cable and various other forms of material could be employed for the purpose.

What, therefore, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1'. In a. burial case comprisin a box and its cover, a framework embedded within said box portion having eyelets or loops protrudin g above the edges thereof.

2. In a burial ease comprising a box and its cover, a metallic framework molded within said box portion, said framework comprising a series of bands arranged one above the other, and transversely-arranged strips forming loops extending above the edges of the case at either side and near the ends thereof to form means for raising and lowering the same.

3. In a burial ease comprising a box and its cover, a lid or cover provided near either end thereof with inverted U-shaped handles constructed from wire cable having its free ends unwound and radially and laterally disposed and embedded in the lid or cover, substai'itially as, and for the purpose set forth;

4. In a burial case comprising a box and strips forming a lattice work on either side and at the ends thereof, one of the strips at either side and near the end of the case extending above the edges thereof and forming loops for raising and loweringsaid case.

5. In a burial case comprising a box and its cover, a metallic framework molded within said box portion, said framework com,-

prising a series ofbands, and a series of stri s. arranged both transvn'sely and longitu 1- nally on the bottom and extending upwardly on the sides thereof, astrip neareither end thereof and extendin above the edge of the case forming loops, t e intersecting connection between the loops on either side of the case trending downwardly and engaging a centrally-arranged transverse strip at the bottom of the case, as, and for the purpose set forth.

OSCAR S. RUSSELL. 

